UPRC EPICS Design Review

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UPRC EPICS Design Review

• Presented by UPRC EPICS Team

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Who are we?

• Advisors John Lindenlaub Mary Sadowski
• TA Frank De Rego
• Team Members
• Kyle Acker (ILE Project Leader)
• Yaz Akrout
• Emily Bondus
• Laura Bradley (Computer Coaching Project Leader)
• Aliyah Davis
• Jack Moriarty
• Steve Yeum (UPTV Project Leader)

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Overview

• University Place TV (UPTV)
• Computer Coaching (CC)
• Improving Listening Environments (ILE)

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Improving Listening Environments

• Team Members
• Kyle Acker (Leader)
• Yaz Akrout
• Emily Bondus

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One Team, Two Topics

• ECN Engineering Control of Noise
• ACCRAS Amplification and Connection of
  Conference Room Audio System

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ILE ECN Description

• Engineering Control of Noise
• Converse with the residents to obtain an end-user
  evaluation of the current difficulties present in
  the listening environment.
• Measure the sound levels at multiple locations
  during meal hours.
• Identify problem areas where noise levels
  decrease the signal-to-noise ratio at the diners
  ear and make speech intelligibility difficult.
• Design and test engineering controls to decrease
  noise levels, thus increasing the signal-to-noise
  ratio and increasing speech intelligibility.
• By meeting these objectives, we hope to improve
  the listening environment of the dining rooms at
  UPRC.

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Current State - ECN

• Currently, we have completed the following
• Set out questionnaires asking for the resident
  opinion on their listening environments in the
  dining room and at UPRC in general
• Identified the areas in which we will sample and
  evaluate the noise levels.
• Noise Sampling for the noise levels
• Recommendations for possible trouble areas and
  devices to correct these problem areas will be
  completed.
• A full report will be issued to UPRC to outline
  our recommendations and explain the measurements
  that were taken.

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Sampling Locations
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ACCRAS Description

• Amplification and Connection of Conference Room
  Audio System
• Survey the current available equipment
• Link the systems so that they are able to work
  together when the room divider is removed.
• Research assistive listening devices (ALDs) that
  will pair with the sound systems in these rooms
  to aid those with hearing impairments.
• Provide UPRC with a cost/benefit analysis for the
  suggested ALDs.
• Should they be purchased, implement the use of
  aforementioned ALDs.

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Current State - ACCRAS

• Currently, we have completed the following
• Surveyed the current equipment
• Offered a solution to connecting the two separate
  sound systems in the conference rooms
• Researched assistive listening
• devices (ALDs)
• Recommendations on methods to connect the sound
  systems have been made and will be reported to
  UPRC the end of the semester.
• Recommendations for Assistive Listening Devices
  that could interface with the current system will
  also be recommended.

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Continuity Plan

• Recruit 2-4 member project team
• Students with majors or interests in Audiology
  and Industrial Hygiene
• Pass on reports to next team to follow plan for
  the next semesters

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Questions?

• Thank you for your time!